ansible-runner — security advisory
A flaw was found in ansible-runner where the default temporary files configuration in ansible-2.0.0 are written to world R/W locations. This flaw allows an attacker to pre-create the directory, resulting in reading private information or forcing ansible-runner to write files as the legitimate user in a place they did not expect. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.
- Products
- ansible-runner
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.1.1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-3701
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in ansible-runner where the default temporary files configuration in ansible-2.0.0 are written to world R/W locations. This flaw allows an attacker to pre-create the directory, resulting in reading private information or forcing ansible-runner to write files as the legitimate user in a place they did not expect. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3701
ansible-runner
Fixed versions: 2.1.1-1
ansible-runner
Fixed versions: 2.1.1-1
ansible-runner
Fixed versions: 2.1.1-1
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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